Lecture
with Farrah Karapetian
10:00am, March 7, 2021
Farrah Karapetian, Riot Police, 2011, 96 x 156 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
The 2021 Medium Festival of Photography presents a lecture by Farrah Karapetian, who discusses her photographic practice in a larger historical context. Known for her cameraless photographs, which derive from sculptures and performance, Karapetian is driven by the narratives of her subjects and the desire to make them agents of their own representation. Part of a generation of prominent artists whose work rematerializes photography, her creative practice turns the act of reproduction into one of production. Karapetian is currently working on re-embodying the Nardal sisters and their Paris salon between the World Wars, a project that has taken the artist into the practice of screenwriting as much as the political affects of black Surrealism in the Caribbean.
Members of Medium Photo receive discounted lecture and Festival registration. Student pricing and free registration options are available.
Early bird tickets for the 2021 Festival on sale beginning January 23, 2021.
Farrah Karapetian. Image courtesy of Ken Gonzales-Day
Biography
Farrah Karapetian is an artist and public thinker based in California, who works with narratives of agency in the face of loss. She holds a BA from Yale University and an MFA from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her artwork is in multiple public collections, including the J. Paul Getty Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Karapetian has received fellowships from the Fulbright Program, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the California Community Foundation, and the Center for Cultural Innovation. Her writing about visual and civic experience has been recognized by multiple publications and by the Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program.